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Multilateralism in a Contested World: Power, Justice and the EU’s Interest

As the Global South gains power and asserts its demands for justice and equity, the EU’s self-congratulatory multilateralism is increasingly out of step with reality. Clinging to a model that protects

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Who pays the price? The cost of HSBC’s climate damages

Year on year, the climate crisis continues to worsen, with disproportionately negative
impacts on countries in the Global South that have contributed the least to global
emissions. Within these

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More Money, Less Vision: Global Europe Risks Turning Partnerships into Political Transactions

The Commission’s new Global Europe Instrument claims to adapt EU external action to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Yet, as it stands, the proposal prioritizes flexibility over clarity, self

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The Public Versus Austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end

Based on ground-breaking research our new report published with Public Services International and Education International exposes how austerity cuts in just 15 countries have blocked recruitment of

The Care Contradiction: The IMF, Gender and Austerity

This report exposes the devastating impact public sector cuts are having on women in low income countries, who face a triple threat of losing access to services, having fewer opportunities to access

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The Vicious Cycle

The countries that are most vulnerable to the climate crisis are also facing a debt crisis – and the need to service external debt in foreign currency has become a major accelerator of the climate

Director of Chigwirizano Women’s Movement and Action Aid partner Loveness Chiwaya is seen moving around Nkhulambe village, inspecting damage in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Nkhulambe Village.
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Fifty Years of Failure: The IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa

ActionAid’s report ‘Fifty Years of Failure: the IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa’ is based on new research and powerful personal testimonies from across 10 African countries. It is timed to coincide

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Breaking out of the Bubble to Transform Education Financing

A year ago the Transforming Education Summit (TES) was the highest level education meeting in history, convening Heads of States on an unprecedented scale to talk about the education crisis.

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More than 200 Organisations: Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Behind the euphemistic name, the proposal outlines coercive

Deportation Regulation
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Stop Trade with Settlements: A new international joint campaign to stop foreign complicity in Israel's illegal settlement project

Today, ActionAid joins over 80 civil society organisations, led by Oxfam, to launch a new campaign: Stop Trade with Settlements. The report exposes how multinational corporations and financial